Service Members & Veterans
More than two million American service members have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) since Sept. 11, 2001. Many of these brave men and women have had multiple deployments, leaving behind loved ones to serve the nation.
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DVBIC is the DoD’s Office of Responsibility for tracking traumatic brain injury (TBI) data in the U.S. military. Our website provides numbers for service members diagnosed with TBI since 2000.
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be classified as mild, moderate, severe or penetrating. The severity is determined at the time of injury.
Most traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) sustained by service members are mild, occur in the non-deployed setting, and do not pose long-term problems for the service member’s health. Most service members who sustain a TBI recover quickly and fully.
Since 2000, over 250,000 service members have been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury or TBI.
Were you injured in the military since 2001? Join in research that may improve service members’/vets’ health care!
According to CDC statistics, approximately 1.7 million people sustain a TBI each year in the United States.
Educational Materials
This two-sided sheet, intended for all audiences, presents major physical, cognitive and emotional symptoms of concussion on the...